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iSDAsoil used in malaria mapping study

iSDA’s soil and agronomy map iSDAsoil was recently used by scientists to create a framework to map the malaria exposure levels of Africans living in towns and cities. Though iSDAsoil is primarily used...

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iSDA releases a large soil analysis dataset for Africa

ISDA is proud to release a large dataset of analysed soil samples covering the African continent. These data are analysis-ready and do not require any preprocessing before usage. The dataset was...

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Launch of Global Crop Nutrient Databases

On 6th September 2022 a landmark new open data crop nutrition platform will launch. A partnership of the Consortium for Precision Crop Nutrition, global research institutes and agtech companies like...

Sustain Africa - increasing access to affordable fertiliser at scale

As fertiliser prices continued to spike due to the Russia/Ukraine conflict, iSDA joined the Sustain …

CEO Announcement

On behalf of the iSDA Board and team, I am delighted to announce Jamie Collinson as our new Chief …

World Congress of Soil Science 2022

Keith Shepherd (iSDA Chief Science Officer) presented a paper at the World Congress of Soil Science …

iSDA introduces the Virtual Agronomist App to the International Fertilizer Association

On 26th February 2021 the iSDA team demonstrated the prototype app “Virtual Agronomist” to the …

AfCPA Conference

Notes from the first African Conference on Precision Agriculture, 8th to 10th December 2020. The …

University of Aberdeen’s research project to tackle land loss in Ethiopia, utilises iSDAsoil

David McBey and Michael Martin from the University of Aberdeen speak to iSDA about how they are …

ASA Conference

Notes from the Special symposium on Translating Visionary Science for Excellence in African Agronomy …

iSDAsoil Launch

iSDAsoil previously launched on 23rd October 2020 and is an open access soil property map with 30m …

International Fertilizer Association Webinar 26 February 2021

An information revolution in Africa? Introducing iSDAsoil 26 February 2021, 3pm to 4pm CET IFA, the …

iSDAsoil at the AfCPA Virtual Conference

To celebrate the launch of iSDAsoil, the iSDA team made two presentations at The 1st African …

iSDAsoil at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Virtual Conference

To celebrate the launch of iSDAsoil, the iSDA team made two presentations at The American Society of …

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